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2041. Photo 1252

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Photo 1252
Title:
Carte de visite portrait of 'Chang the Chinese Giant' (Zhan Shichai). Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
One loose carte de visite portrait of 'Chang the Chinese Giant,' posed with a Chinese woman, possibly his wife Kin Foo.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

2042. Photo 1253

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Photo 1253
Title:
Burke + Norfolk [Photographs of Afghanistan]. Photographers: Simon Norfolk and John Burke
Scope & Content:
Portfolio of photographs of Afghanistan by Simon Norfolk, with facsimiles of work by John Burke. The majority of these photographs were exhibited in the Project Space of Tate Modern, London, May-July 2011, in a display entitled, Photographs from the war in Afghanistan.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
2010
Extent:
Unspecified

2043. Photo 1254

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1254
Title:
Photographs from Persia 1912-1914. Photographer: Alexander Iyas
Scope & Content:
Number 4 of a limited edition portfolio of 15 sets of 12 prints; modern bromoil prints, with accompanying letterpress text. This is a selected series of photographs from the exhibition, Images from the Endgame. Persia through a Russian Lens 1904-1914, held at the Brunei Gallery, SOAS, October-De...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1912-1914
Extent:

12 items

2044. Photo 1255

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1255
Title:
Photographs of the Siege of Peking. Photographer: Charles A. Killie
Scope & Content:
Album measuring 257 x 294 mm, containing 59 prints, 50 of which are by Killie from his series of views taken inside the British Legation at the Peking during its period of besiegement during the Boxer Uprising. Killie's photographs are accompanied by letterpress descriptive labels pasted beneath...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900
Extent:

1 item

2045. Photo 1256

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1256
Title:
Brand Collection: Photographs relating to the career of Arthur Reginald Brand. Photographer: Arthur Reginald Brand and others
Scope & Content:
Collection in 11 parts (Photo 1256/1-11) of photograph albums, loose prints and papers, principally relating to the life and career of Arthur Reginald Brand, but also containing material relating to his father George Ellard Brand and other family members. Biographical note: Arthur Reginald Bra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s-1950s
Extent:
Unspecified

2046. Photo 1258

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1258
Title:
Stanley Sperring: Photographs of Calcutta. Photographer: Stanley Sperring
Scope & Content:
Black half leather album measuring 365 x 463 mm, containing 53 prints, with typescript caption labels pasted beneath. Fifty of the photographs are modern reprints from negatives of Calcutta scenes taken by Stanley Sperring (1915-2012) between 1946 and 1953, when he was art director in Calcutta o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1946-1953
Extent:
53 items

2047. Photo 1260

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1260
Title:
Carte de visite portrait of Che-Mah the Chinese Dwarf. Photographer(s): Eisenmann, Charles
Scope & Content:
Carte de visite portrait of Che-Mah, the Chinese Dwarf, accompanied by an incomplete biographical notice from an unidentified publication. Che-Mah (1838-1926) was brought to the United States to work for the Barnum and Bailey circus in 1881.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

2048. Photo 1263

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Photo 1263
Title:
'The pigeon's letter. 'L'International' containing the news of the French victory at Orleans.' Photographer(s): London Stereoscopic Company
Scope & Content:
Miniature print mounted as a carte de visite, with descriptive letterpress on mount. The photograph is a reduced image of the front page of L'International, sent by pigeon during the Franco-Prussian War. Image much faded. The overmount, on which is printed descriptive letterpress describing the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item

2049. Photo 1265

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1265
Title:
Collection of threatical portraits relating to Frederic Baugh.
Scope & Content:
Collection of 41 loose prints in various sizes and formats (mainly carte de visite and cabinet cards), principally portraits of theatrical and vaudeville entertainers, apparently connected with the associates and family of Frederic Baugh, general manager of the Macnaghten Vaudeville Circuit.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1900s
Extent:

41 items

2050. Photo 1266

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1266
Title:
Bill Wright Collection: The Texas Kickapoo. Photographer(s): Wright, Bill
Scope & Content:
Collection of 15 loose gelatin silver prints, recording Kickapoo Indian life in Texas, Mexico and Wyoming, with photographer's credit label on the reverse supplying title, negative number, date of printing and photographer contact details. Published versions of these prints, with additional back...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1990s
Extent:
15 items

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